Game Experiments on Cooperation Through Reward and Punishment

Biological Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 158-166

  Cressman, Ross ^a   Wu, Jia Jia ^b   Li, Cong ^b   Tao, Yi ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84904627321     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13752-013-0106-2     Document Type: Article

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